Combing machinery.



No. 790,757. 4 PATENTED MAY 23, 1905. S. SHAGKLETON. COMBING MACHNERY.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 4, 1904.

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PATENTED MAY 23, 1905.

S. SI-IAGKLETONI COMBING MACHINERY.

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No. 790,757. l PATENTED MAY 23, 19015. S. SHACKLETON.

COMBING MACHINERY,

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NITED STATES- Pa'tented May 2S, 1905'.

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SUGDEN SHAOKLETON, OF KEIGHLEY, ENGLAND, ASSIGNOR TO THE FIRM OF PRINCESMITH Sa SON, OF KEI'GHLEY, ENGLAND.

COIVIBING MACHINERY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 790,757, dated May 23,1905.

Application iiled November 4, 1904. Seria] No. 231,412.

To all whom, it muy con/cern.-

Be it known that I, SUGDEN SHACKLETON, draftsman, asubject oi' theKingof Great Britain, residing at26 Mannville road, Keighley,

in the county of York, England, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in or Relating' to Nobles or Like Oombing Machinery, oi'which the 'following is a specilication.

xo My present invention relates to improvements in or relating to theNobles or like combing machinery, and has for its principal objects toattain an improved method oi' mounting the pillars carrying the Verticaland the horizontal driving-shafts. Heretofore it has been customary tocarry these on a rail or cross-bar running across the center of thelarge steam-chest. rI`he unequal contraction, when cooling, in castingthese steam-chests has zo been a source of great trouble, and a largepercentage oi' these have to be thrown away in consequence of thisdefect, and, moreover, these cross-bars or S-rails, as they aresometimes called, tend to crowd or iill up valu- 2 5 able space in thecomb in the center where the sliver-funnels and the drawing-off rollersare situated, and the construction sought to be dispensed with has othermaterial defects. I also attain by my improved construction a 3o simplerand easy method .of dismantling the top part of the comb withoutdisturbing the mechanism on the bottom part of same when changes orrepairs are desired.

In the drawings, Figure l is a front eleva- 3 5 tion, partly in section,oi' a combing-machine with my improvements applied thereto. Fig. 2 showsa portion of a combing-machine t0 a larger scale than the precedingfigure, showing more clearly my improvements, the left- 4o hand halfbeing mainly in section and the right-hand half in elevation. Fig. 3 isa plan View of the gearing. Fig. 4 is a similar view to Fig. l, butshowing the top part of the comb separated or dismantled with aliftinghook attached.

c a indicate a pair of base-columns. Z) is a gearing-plate. c is acavity at the top of each base-column. (Here shown only in the Sectionalviews of the columns in Figs. l and 2.)

Z is the annular wheel, mounted on the shaft 50 e. ff are the pillars. gis the upper driving-shaft. /t is the small steam-chest. z' is a iiangeon pillar f. 7' is a pinion intermeshing with wheel CZ. lo representsthe base-column iianges. Z Z are nuts and bolts connecting iianges rfand r. m is the lower Hange oi' each base-column a. n a are bolts andnuts connecting fiange m to plate b. 0 is an annular iiange to carrysteam-chest z.. j) is the larger steam-chest, and s is a lifting-hookfor removing the top part of the comb.

In carrying out my invention I am enabled to do away entirely with thecross-bar or S- rail before alluded to and to carry the pillarsffuponbase-columns a a, which columns are rigidly affixed by flanges 'la andboltsa to a gearing-plate I). In the top of each base-column a is achamber, recess, or cavity c, within which is placed or iitted anannular wheel cl, said annular wheel being iixed to the upper end 7C ofthe lower portion of the vertical drivingshaft c. The upper portion g ofthe vertical driving-shaftcarriesat its lower end aspur pinion-wheelj,and this wheel ly'is geared into the annular wheel Z already mentioned,as shown 75 more clearly by Fig. 3. 'Ihus rotation imparted to the onecauses both wheels to run in the same direction. As will be seen, thepillar f carries the upper portion g ofthe vertical driving-shaft. Eachbase-columna is fianged on its upper part la, while each of the pillarsf is iianged on its bottom part t'. These flanges of the pillar fand ofthe base-column a, respectively, are held together by means ci screws orlike fastenings l, the whole forming an eiicient and effective cover forthe beforedescribed gears and making a rigid support for the verticaldriving-shafts r/ and e. A suitable liange or ring o is cast on thebase-column a. Fig. 4 shows the same parts as are 9o delineated in Fig.l, but with the top portion of the comb separated or dismantled by meansof a lifting-hook attached thereto. To this hook may be fitted ordinarypulley-blocks (notshown) vfor raising, lowering, and removing the topportion of the comb.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my saidinvention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare thatwhat I claim is- 1. In a circle comb of the class set forth, abase-column, a gearing-plate supporting said column, the column having acavity formed in its upper extremity, a driving-shaft extending upwardlythrough the column having an internally-toothed gear-Wheel in thecavity, in combination with a pillar separably held on the column,ashaft mounted in said pillar and carrying a pinion at its lowerextremity meshing with the internally-toothed gear, and a smallsteam-chest carried by said pillar.

2. In a circlecomb of the class set forth, a pair of base-columns, apair of flanged pillars separably seated on the Said columns,driving-shafts extending through the columns and pillars and havingintermeshing gearing means in concentric relation Within the joinedportions of the columns and pillars, and operating accessories. Y

3. In a circle comb of the class set forth, a base-column, agearing-plate aiixed thereto, the upper part of the column having acavity therein, an internally-toothed Wheel located in said cavity, apillar, a pillar-base, the pillar being separably connected to thecolumn,

shafts located in the column and pillar, one of which is connected tothe toothed Wheel, and the other having a pinion meshing with thelatter, and operating accessories for the said parts.

4. In a circle comb of the class set forth, a pair of base-columns, apair of pillars separably connected to the columns, driving-shaftsextending through the pillars and columns and having intermeshinggearing at the point of jointure of thelatter, and small annularsteamchests cooperating With the columns.

5. In a circle comb of the class set forth, a pair of base-columns. apair of pillars separabl y connected to the columns, driving-shaftsextending through the pillars and columns and having intermeshinggearing at the point of jointure of the latter, small annularsteamchests cooperating with the columns, and a larger steam-chestarranged as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing Wit- Witnesses:

HENRY SMITH, THOMAS HoLMEs SOUTHWELL.

